rebuilding half-shafts?

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Disassembled one half-shaft today. Here are some pics. Eventually you'll see the problem I uncovered along the way.
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Another pic-- ready to come apart.
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The balls & spacers-- note brownish colour of some! :(
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Trying to keep the 4 sets of balls-and-spacers separate from each other, and associated with the correct races in the shaft. A filed notch on the end of the shaft is the key (it matches a notch filed on the axle tube, to keep them properly aligned as well).
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Bad news though: the notchiness I felt while telescoping the shaft (on the bench) is due to these grooves/wear marks in the races. The brownish staining is obviously rust... yet these look simply like wear marks to me? In any case though, this is not good.
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Another set of wear-marks in another of the races. Two of the four races are like this.
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There is a mention in the body and chassis manual about replacing that o-ring.
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Finally, the matching wear-marks in the outer part of the axle.
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So, how serious is this wear in the races? As noted, I became aware of the problem only when telescoping the axle by hand on the bench. Didn't notice any problem while driving. Clean, grease, reassemble, drive? Or-- ?

The note about replacing that o-ring is helpful. I'll definitely want to do that, yeah.
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I think all you can do is grease it up good and re assemble.

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I don't think it would be an issue either, when they are on the car they just slide in and out a few inches if that....re-grease and put them back together....just does the old "in and out" :shock:
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Do you want me to scan the page from the manual? It shows how to check the specs with a dial indicator to see if it's worn out and not usable.
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